And, anyway, employee pay is only a small fraction of federal expenses; even cutting the payroll in half would reduce total spending less than 3 percent.

不管怎么说，雇员工资只占联邦开支很小一部分；即便将工资削减一半，整个开支只减少不到3%。

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Many business enterprises find that disbursements for wages and salaries and related payroll taxes makes up a large portion of the firm's total expenses.

许多企业发现支付工资，薪水和薪工税占了企业总支出的相当部分。

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